I’m full of great ideas!
My latest one was to get rid of our gardener as we needed to save money for our wedding. I offered to take on all gardening duties and I actually pictured myself with a blooming garden that everyone envied.

Turns out that gardening is really hard and really tiring and the hot sun is definitely not the best weather to do anything plant-related in.

Today as my lovely hubby-to-be left for work, I vaguely listened to him saying something along the lines that I should probably cut the grass today as it’s going to rain for the rest of the weekend.

I was a bit annoyed as I wasn’t planning on gardening today as I had so much work to do – but then, needing a break from writing, I decided to cut the grass in the back garden.

What I realised is that actually, it’s quite calming. It was the perfect thing for me to do whilst I went over the plot of my book in my head and ideas for a scene I’ve been working on.

I’ve been working away on a new murder mystery series called ‘Miss Bumble Mysteries.’
I’m busy writing the first novel in the series, ‘Miss Bumble and the Last Stroke of Death.’ I’m loving it so much and can’t wait for people to read it.

The exciting news is that Miss Bumble is also going on tour! The first Miss Bumble theatre production, ‘Miss Bumble and the Poison Ink’ will start touring from Feb next year.
The theatre productions are hugely entertaining, very funny and will keep you guessing right until the very end.

Details of the venues will be announced shortly, so I’ll keep you updated.

Do you love a good murder mystery? Tell me what you love most about them?

I’ve had a rubbish year. I lost my business last year. I owned a theatre, put my heart, soul and a lot of money in to it. My theatre had a flood and I had to close it, I lost everything. I had to let people down. I was angry at myself and the situation for ages.
If I hadn’t lost all of my money, it would have been the perfect time to go on a soul-searching holiday.
I lost my confidence. I tried to be positive whilst I figured out what I was supposed to do with my life.
I launched other business’ and then stopped them, my heart wasn’t in them.

I soul-searched. I watched a lot of Oprah. I talked to friends and family. My confidence started to come back. I started to feel less angry about everything. I started to listen to my heart properly.

I started writing again.

I have always written. For me, it’s the one thing that makes sense. Writing is like medicine, feeding my soul. But, over the last few months, I couldn’t bring myself to write anything. Other than some diary entries to help me get my feelings out, I just couldn’t write.

I was scared it had gone forever.

It came back.

I started to write again and everything seemed to connect in my life once more. Like a missing jigsaw piece.

Stories and ideas are tumbling out of my mind, so much so that I’m struggling to catch them and make sense of them all.

I’ve spent 5 days back home with my parents in Wales whilst I sort some wedding things out. It’s made me realise how much I do love being by the sea.
There’s something about being near water that I find extremely calming. I also find it really inspiring. I could happily sit by the water and write all day long.

This lighthouse is on the beach near where my mum and dad live and I absolutely love it. So much so that it’s inspired one of my ‘Miss Bumble’ books.